husky

adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Hoarse or rough in quality: a voice husky with emotion.
2. 1. Resembling a husk.
   2. Containing husks.

[From HUSK.]

huskily husk'i·ly adv.

husk·y² (hŭs'kē)
adj., -i·er, -i·est.

1. Strongly built; burly.
2. Heavily built: clothing sizes for husky boys.

n., pl., -ies.
A husky person.

[Perhaps from HUSK.]

hus·ky³ also hus·kie (hŭs'kē)
n., pl., -kies.

1. often Husky or Huskie A dog of a breed developed in Siberia for pulling sleds and having a dense, variously colored coat. Also called Siberian husky.
2. A similar dog of Arctic origin.

[Probably from shortening and alteration of ESKIMO.]

adjective

Low and grating in sound: croaking, croaky, gruff, hoarse. See sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

husky²

adjective

1. Characterized by marked muscular development; powerfully built: athletic, brawny, burly, muscular, robust, sinewy, sturdy. See strong/weak.
2. Having a large body, especially in girth: bulky, heavy, hefty, hulking, hulky, stout. See big/small/amount.

adj

Definition: big, burly
Antonyms: little, puny, small, thin

adj

Definition: deep, scratchy in sound
Antonyms: low, quiet, soft

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from Montagnais
This word originated in Canada

The husky is an Eskimo dog, and if the words husky and Eskimo sound almost the same, it's because they are. Both are from the Montagnais name for the people who inhabit arctic regions from Greenland to Alaska.

When the ancestors of these people first arrived there perhaps ten or fifteen thousand years ago, they found wolves adapted to vigorous survival in the cold climate. Over the years they tamed some of these wolves, harnessing them to pull sleds. These became the Eskimo dogs, or "husky dogs," as the Montagnais of southeastern Canada called them. The husky is mentioned in English in 1852 in a shipboard journal noting that a dog that "was kidnapped by the natives, and not being of a pure huski breed, would most likely be prized by them."

Actually, the husky is not a pure breed but a general type of dog descended from wolves, able to endure severe cold, and with great strength and endurance. In the twentieth century some specific breeds of husky have been developed. An "Alaskan husky" type was bred in the 1930s by mixing native huskies, wolves, and Irish setters. More recently, a miniature Alaskan husky, the Klee Kai, has been recognized as an official breed. So has the Siberian husky developed by the Chukchi people of arctic Siberia to pull sleds and herd reindeer. The Chukchi gave kamleika to the English language, but their dog's name came to English from the Montagnais language.

There are about 8,000 speakers of Montagnais in Quebec along the St. Lawrence River and in Labrador. It belongs to the Algonquian-Ritwan language family that was dominant along the Atlantic coast when the first English speakers came to live in North America. The word carcajou (1703), another name for the wolverine, also apparently comes from Montagnais.

English has two other huskys, the husky voice and the husky size. Both probably come from husk, a Germanic word that has been in English for many centuries. Neither has any relation to the name of the dog, except the accident of identical spelling.

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A medium-sized (45–60 lb), muscular dog with a medium length, thick, double coat in a variety of colors and often dark markings on the head. The prominent ears are erect and the eyes are blue or brown, often not the same, and frequently show iris heterochromia. The tail is fox brush shape and usually carried over the back. Called also Arctic husky. The breed is predisposed to corneal dystrophy, cataracts and congenital laryngeal paralysis.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
adj. - hæs, rusten, sløret, grødet
n. - stor tamp, kraftkarl, kleppert

2.
n. - slædehund

3.
n. - skal-, hård, barsk, kraftig, stærk

Nederlands (Dutch)
mannetjesputter, eskimohond, schor, fors, (kurk)droog, vol schillen/ zemelen

Français (French)
1.
adj. - rauque, enroué, costaud
n. - costaud

2.
n. - chien esquimau

3.
n. - semblable à une enveloppe (des grains), forme d'une enveloppe (grains)

Deutsch (German)
1.
adj. - heiser, kräftig
n. - bärenstarker Mensch

2.
n. - Husky, Schlittenhund

3.
n. - wie ein bärenstarker Mensch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκύλος έλκηθρου, χάσκι
adj. - (ΗΠΑ) γεροδεμένος, μεγαλόσωμος, (για φωνή) υπόκωφος ή βραχνός

Italiano (Italian)
esquimese, cane esquimese, rauco, rugoso, persona robusta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) vigorosa, esquimó (m), cão (m) esquimó (Zool.), idioma (m) esquimó
adj. - vigoroso, rouco

Русский (Russian)
покрытый шелухой, сиплый

Español (Spanish)
1.
adj. - ronco, fornido, fuerte
n. - persona fornida

2.
n. - perro esquimal

3.
n. - con cáscara

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - Siberian husky, eskimå
adj. - hes, skrovlig, skalliknande, skaltorr, full av skal, stor och stark

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 有壳的, 声音沙哑的

2. 高大健壮的, 高大健壮的人

3. 爱斯基摩犬

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
adj. - 高大健壯的
n. - 高大健壯的人

2.
n. - 愛斯基摩犬

3.
adj. - 有殼的, 聲音沙啞的

한국어 (Korean)
1.
adj. - 쉰 목소리의, 늠름한
n. - 건장한 사람, 거인

2.
n. - 에스키모종의 개

3.
n. - 껍질 모양의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 殻の, 中身のない, しゃがれ声の, がっしりした, 殻のような, たくましい
n. - がっしりした人, 強力な機械, エスキモー犬

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص قوي أو ضخم, كلب الاسكيمو (صفه) قشري كالقشر, قشر كثير القشر, أجش أبح الصوت, قوي أو ضخم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮צרוד, יבש‬
adj. - ‮חסון, חזק, נתפר למידה גדולה יותר מאשר נער ממוצע‬
n. - ‮אדם חזק וחסון‬
n. - ‮אינואיט (אסקימואי), כלב אסקימוסי, אינואיטית (שפה)‬

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